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    Hi.
    I need some help in getting ffmpeg compiled with --enable-libxvid --enable-libfaac --enable-x264.
    i ain't got root access on server, where i need to compile it, so i'm not able to install codecs in normal dir /usr/lib... or something.
    it's kinda obvious that when trying to compile ffmpeg it can't find codecs in usual places.
    how can i 'tell' ffmpeg to search for the libs in some place else?
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    You want to compile and install your libs to a local directory, then export that direcoty with pkgconfig before running ./configure for ffmpeg.

    Example - for let's say lame.

    ./configure --prefix=/home/name/$FFMPEG-LIB-DIR
    make
    make install

    or

    ./configure --prefix=/usr
    make
    make install DESTDIR=$FFMPEG-LIB-DIR


    It will be trial and error for the above. I know for a fact x264 can get by with ./configure --prefix=/usr, then passing a destination variable to make install.

    Then for ffmpeg -
    PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$FFMPEG-LIB-DIR/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
    ./configure --prefix=/$HOME \
    --$YOUR-OTHER-OPTIONS


    $FFMPEG-LIB-DIR is an actual directory you create. Any thing else with $ is just an arbitrary value specific to you.

    You might want to jump on ffmpeg's IRC and ask the question there if you run into trouble with the above.
    Linux _is_ user-friendly. It is not ignorant-friendly and idiot-friendly.
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